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Accident Summary Nr: 170181036 - EMPLOYEE IS BURNED BY HOT OIL WHILE UNLOADING TANKER TRUCK

Accident Summary Nr: 170181036 -- Report ID: 0950643 -- Event Date: 09/09/1991
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
111760880	10/22/1991	4212	0	C & C Transportation

Abstract: EMPLOYEE #1 WAS DELIVERING 350- TO 400-DEGREE FAHRENHEIT OIL TO AN ASPHALT PLANT. HE DID NOT FOLLOW THE COMPANY'S UNLOADING PROCEDURES, WHICH SPECIFY TO FIRST REMOVE THE CAP FROM THE OUTLET PIPE AND ATTACH THE DELIVERY HOSE, THEN OPEN THE INTERNAL VALVE, AND THEN OPEN THE EXTERNAL VALVE. BELIEVING INCORRECTLY THAT THE EXTERNAL VALVE WAS CLOSED, EMPLOYEE #1 OPENED THE INTERNAL VALVE. WHEN HE REMOVED THE CAP, HOT OIL STRUCK HIS RIGHT FOREARM, RESULTING IN SECOND- AND THIRD-DEGREE BURNS. NO ACCIDENT-RELATED VIOLATIONS WERE CITED. EMPLOYEE #1 HAD WORKED AT THIS JOB FOR APPROXIMATELY 1 YEAR.

Keywords: BURN, DELIVERY WORK, ARM, ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE, INATTENTION

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111760880			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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